Cheap drinks and late-night clubbing have made Tenerife a haven for thousands of young Britons.

But
now the Spanish party island is attracting a different kind of visitor -
in the form of pensioners, with tens of thousands of them heading there
each year to escape the UK’s miserable weather.

Now
a new Channel 5 documentary called OAPs Behaving Badly has revealed how
they are blowing their pension, children’s inheritance and winter fuel
allowance on partying like teenagers.

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Downing shots: The Spanish party island is
attracting a different kind of visitor in the form of pensioners, with
tens of thousands of them heading there to escape the UK's miserable
weather

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Heavy drinking: A new Channel 5 documentary
called OAPs Behaving Badly has revealed how the elderly are blowing
their pension, children's inheritance and winter fuel allowance on
partying like teenagers

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Falling over: In the show, one nightclub is
described as 'God's waiting room' - because there are so many elderly
partygoers - and it reveals how man died after doing the Hokey Cokey

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Age is no barrier: One couple said they holiday
in Tenerife every year for an alcohol-fuelled break - and claim their
motto is 'party non-stop until you drop'

In the show, one nightclub is
described as ‘God’s waiting room’ - because there are so many elderly
partygoers - and it reveals how a pensioner died after he did the Hokey
Cokey.

Club manager Marc
Craig said: ‘We’ve gone from catering for 17, 16 and even 15-year-old
kids to your 65 and 70 year olds - and they get quite raunchy when
they’ve had a few drinks.’

Gordon,
74, and Marie Steele, 70, of Wallasey, Merseyside, holiday in Tenerife
every year for an alcohol-fuelled break - and claim their motto is
‘party non-stop until you drop.’

The eyes have it: Sixties singer Lee Graham, 74,
also known as Leapy Lee, who is not ashamed to admit he has a healthy
sex life with his 49-year-old girlfriend, Bettina

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Back in the Sixties: Mr Graham was a one-hit
wonder in 1968 with single Little Arrows under the name of Leapy Lee,
before moving from his West London home to the island where he now plays
gigs

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Grandmother: Cheryl Williams, 56, enjoys an early evening glass of lager before a night out in Tenerife

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Bar promoter: Pete Lackey worked in
communications in Leeds before moving to Tenerife 20 years ago after his
business went bust and his marriage broke down

She said: ‘When mum and dad fly out to
Tenerife they’re completely different. They go back to their childhoods
- they’re like teenagers.

'We’ve
gone from catering for 17, 16 and even 15-year-old kids to your 65 and
70 year olds - and they get quite raunchy when they’ve had a few drinks'

Marc Craig, club manager

‘They know how to party hard
and long and drink lots. They party harder than I do. To party with
these OAPs I’m going to have to holiday to get over it.’

Mr
Steele, who admits his winter fuel allowance helps fund his holidays,
added: ‘It doesn’t matter if you’re the richest man that lived in the
world - you couldn’t buy one ounce of time.

‘Time to me is the most precious thing we ever possess. So you’ve got to party non-stop until you drop.’

This
is believed to have happened quite literally - with one of their fellow
partygoers dying after doing the Hokey Cokey at ‘God’s Waiting Room’.

Mr Steele said: ‘When you see the ages of the people down there, you realise why it’s called that.’

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Having fun: Miss Williams (right) is shown
downing Tequila Slammer shots on a girls' night out and even breaks up a
fight outside a nightclub

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Scooter: Despite being 60 years old, Mr Lackey
landed a job as a bar promoter and is shown spending his break getting
drunk in a nearby pub

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Party animals: Gordon Steele, 74, and wife Marie, 70, from Merseyside, after a night out in Tenerife

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Present: Tracie Steele, daughter of Gordon, 74, and Marie, 70, gets a stripper for her 50th birthday party

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Hen party: Miss Williams (left) who moved to Tenerife after her divorce and now parties like a 20 year old

His wife added: ‘It does worry me about dying. Every time we come out there’s somebody gone from year to year.

‘Sometimes
they’re a bit younger than us, sometimes a bit older. Of course, when
you get to our age, you don’t know what’s waiting around the corner.’

'At
home we never have any alcohol in the house whatsoever - but we go from
teetotal to practical alcoholics overnight. Our golden years are now'

Marie Steele, 70

Another pensioner in Tenerift
is 74-year-old Sixties singer Lee Graham, also known as Leapy Lee, who
was not ashamed to admit he had a healthy sex life with his 49-year-old
girlfriend, Bettina.

Mr Graham was
a one-hit wonder in 1968 with single Little Arrows, which hit number
two in the UK charts, before moving from his West London home to the
island where he now plays gigs.

He said: ‘Tenerife is a Mecca for OAPs and it suits me because they all remember me. I’m one of them. It’s grey power.’

Grandmother
Cheryl Williams is shown downing Tequila Slammer shots on a girls’
night out and even breaks up a fight outside a nightclub.

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Time of their lives: Gordon Steele (left)
dressed in gold as the Emperor Nero with friend Gary during a fancy
dress party in Tenerife

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More fancy dress: Gordon Steele (left) dressed as Cher, with a friend dressed as Sonny in Tenerife

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Football fan: Cheryl Williams (centre left), 56, parties with holidaymakers who are also wearing England shirts

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Alcohol-fuelled party lifestyle: Miss Williams downs shots with friends during a night out in Tenerife

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Singing: Cheap drinks and late-night clubbing have made Tenerife a haven for young and old Britons

The 56-year-old moved
from Nottingham to Tenerife after her marriage of 30 years broke down
and admits she has never looked back.

Now her motto after an alcohol-fuelled night is ‘if you can’t remember it, it didn’t happen.’

'Life
is for living no matter how old you are - just enjoy it and live it.
Don’t go home and have a cup of cocoa, have a glass of wine - it’s much
nicer'

Cheryl Williams, 56

Miss Williams said: ‘I met my
husband when I was 18 and I was with him for 30 years - it was just an
existence I think in the end. When I decided to leave that was it.

‘I
was here on holiday and when I went home I just said I don’t want to be
married anymore. When I was married I never went out with the girls, I
never had girly things. I had to learn to be somebody else.

‘I
wasn’t a married woman anymore. I found my youth that’s why I enjoy
going out and partying. It’s nice to mix with younger people, you get a
different outlook on life.

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Party destination: Grandmother Miss Williams
(left) with a young friend in Tenerife. Her motto after an
alcohol-fuelled night is 'if you can't remember it, it didn't happen'

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Enjoying themselves: Elderly partygoers appear to form a conga line in a bar in Tenerife

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At the bar: Miss Williams moved from Nottingham
to Tenerife after her marriage of 30 years broke down and admits she has
never looked back

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Not so pretty in pink: Gordon Steele (middle) dressed in a tutu with two friends in Tenerife

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Getting around: A woman rides on a mobility scooter in Tenerife - now a popular holiday destination for all ages

‘I’d never look back. Life is
for living no matter how old you are - just enjoy it and live it. Don’t
go home and have a cup of cocoa, have a glass of wine - it’s much
nicer.’

'You could not live the lifestyle we live here, back in the UK. Here it’s a blue sky when you wake up'

Pete Lackey, 60

Pete Lackey worked in
communications in Leeds before moving to Tenerife 20 years ago after his
business went bust and his marriage broke down.

Despite being 60 years old, he landed a job as a bar promoter and is shown spending his break getting drunk in a nearby pub.

Mr
Lackey tried to come back to Britain three years ago, but said: ‘I
couldn’t stand the rain on the windows every morning, I couldn’t stand
putting money in the electric meters and gas meters.

‘You
could not live the lifestyle we live here, back in the UK. I’d have to
be up in the morning and be at work by 7am and I’d be depressed. Here
it’s a blue sky when you wake up.’

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